“Rugby can be intense”: keeping the ball in play
RugbyPass's fast-starting Short has one viewer asking whether the effort led to a try.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 94,143 views a day, 34 times a normal first day on this channel (2,742).
Rugby can be intense
Did keeping the ball in play lead to a try? That's the unfinished business for one viewer of RugbyPass's “Rugby can be intense”, who wants the clip to continue long enough to show what followed the player's effort.
The Short has reached nearly 79,000 views in its first 16 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for this format. It is a standout upload on a day when RugbyPass's overall views are below their usual pace.
The small comment section offers two different ways into the moment. One viewer recalls doing something similar in their own game; another focuses on the missing outcome, asking whether keeping possession produced a score. For that viewer, the skill is only part of the story: they want to see what it made possible.
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What viewers say
im rlly proud of myself coz i did that in one of my games
@LouieRouviereSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- RugbyPass
- Subscribers
- 338,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,287,947
- Channel views, pace per day
- 223,671 (on a normal day: 296,348)
- Video published
- October 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 78,741 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 94,143
The numbers
The Short has already passed RugbyPass's usual full-day views for this format by a wide margin.
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